Peter Whitchurch

Olympic Games, 1956

Name: Olympic Games, 1956
Uploaded: 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
Duration: 1 h 38 s
Description: Peter Whitchurch’s documentary record of the 1956 Olympic Games points to encouraging developments in international affairs, such as the combining of the East and West German teams.

195660 min

OLYMPIC GAMES, 1956, directed by the documentarist Peter Whitchurch, was commissioned by the Organizing Committee for these Olympic Games. Historically, the film points to some encouraging situations in international affairs, with Hungary taking part in the Games in the immediate wake of the ill-fated uprising in Budapest, and East and West Germany sending a combined team.

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Olympic Games, 1956

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